From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 11 18:41:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A95C16A41B for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:41:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsdlists@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C50B13C4F0 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:41:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsdlists@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so1200187rvb.43 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:41:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=9/1d0eWtlOHsBDvhuYaLtOQCALINfsGZWz+ZyM3hgCI=; b=VA8lpFRqTwtbpVxAHay7Rashh1oSQFGhSZbIZ7YPgURe/25eCxqKMVgYj26+VQPlWxpijnNXoat5In/zep6CkBlOwwELRiXZgfaF9Q/0/rXYOi3a1BZAX5vP18nCI+tx/GFLOzDIjYwjHd2yxr/0+QlWrw/4RunsXtFoAGF7rAo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=KcizMpoCLbXgtA1yTJQNdi1PAqy2Ez4wxAB1qcSRXHaBdOT6b18ZkzwOyRDXtRpJ3+LWkNStAYkt8cAdPpQ66ajgkdCCmMPaGDkfjosaF6fvzT383NGbYTdJP0dGAE3tsmdtVuEfQ3xStHV1pRditm30F9p4BxLFZ+JZ9/N8m38= Received: by 10.141.22.1 with SMTP id z1mr2219144rvi.67.1200076918724; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:41:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.141.142.18 with HTTP; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:41:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <54db43990801111041o3a9c4369vafe71f5db167a02@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:41:58 -0500 From: "Bob Johnson" To: "Sean Murphy" In-Reply-To: <47855405.4070707@calarts.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <47855405.4070707@calarts.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA DVD Drive Install Problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:41:59 -0000 On 1/9/08, Sean Murphy wrote: > Is anyone successful in installing FreeBSD from a SATA DVD Drive? > > I am having trouble as it boots from the CD of 6.3 RC2 but at the > beginning of the install it fails. The CD I then tried in another > computer and it installs fine. I was wondering if it was the SATA DVD > drive or the motherboard. Do you get an error message when it fails? I just installed AMD64 7.0-RC1 using the internal SATA DVD on an Acer Aspire M5630. During the boot of the install CD, it paused for a while with several READ_BIG errors, then that apparently timed out and and changed modes, then it continued to boot without problem. I have not yet tried to do anything with the DVD drive now that I have the system up and running. BTW, the video card uses the RADEONHD driver which does not yet support hardware video acceleration, so I don't really recommend running out and buying a new Aspire just yet. - Bob